Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-15
UNPUBLISHED.
OPERATIVE coHrpY ny uowTLIs AM
TWAIN.
fS.v York Mail

Twain, wrote some time 40 se1ue' VI
eontinus,ion Of Col. Sellsns adventures q.
Sc, forth In the play Of the "Oilded Age
Tbi. SEQUEL was also Ia dramatic form
and deal, with the inimiiabls Sellers I"
he wa. imagined TO be And 10 &C, ten
wears after the conclusion Of the first play.
lie was represented as the same old Col.
orsl. nth the difrvnes that be had
,,.n,fe,red hi. a,ienii)a from sye'~Aief
and similar matters TO inVea,ions, always
Of ,qeh q character. Of course. that hey
would recommend themselves 20 the ne
ees,i,ie, Of tens Of thousands OF pureha'-
eu Aad bnng innunsTabls millions OF
dollars TO the pocket. Of the Inventor and
,keinys.,or-ike Intelligent capitalist " ho
would be wise enough TO pa, up the few
necessary bu, P,liry thousand, required
10 place the Invention properly before The
public. -,
Marx Twain went into |, partly. u Is
unds,,ood. because Of little pique
against Raymond. and partly because OF
ple.,.n, memories over the satisfactory
pseuniary return, which had lowed from
The 6r. dramatic venture. The great
humori.,. howsvsr. dill no, think lie
could write a play himself, % be cast
around him ior a eo!l.bora,,ut lie se'
lse,sd Mr.. Howells. probably because
Mr. Howells's looks vefe a. little diA'
matte a, book. could Possibly be made
The selection wa.. Of course. aro,hsf IL
las,rs,i5n Of inimiiAblc humor.
Mr.. Howell, Jumped q, The chance Of
collaborating with the experienced dtA.
mats, Who had written the successful
play Of The Gildsd Age. add ms,isr'
were speedily arranged. Mr. Howsll'
| had an Absorbing ambition 70 hgare a.
dnma,i.i. and here was "a opportunity
90 begin such a career under very favo'a-
| be circumstances l, j. understood that
| Mr.. Howell, packed bis grip'lek almost
Immediately afier the fact Of The eoll.bo'
ration hal been fixed up by eoufssPoad'
encc. and hied him % the hamofi't'
qaala, bat beautiful abode Ia Hartford.
NJ. Twsia h.d the dramatic fever very
.,rong a, the time. All be- welcomed BIZ
.iflei lrisnd u microscopic it,flry meth
Oh, with the hcifiy rdisi)a iha' IN hl'
early DAY. uss usual on TIE Mississippi
River. lui little time. however. va
.pen, IN iormslis. Mr. llo~slls seated
| himself ~ small. tot sNquisiisly carved
r,,swood desk OF sreisni pattern. ~hici
the humofis, bad e'ps ciaily purchased io
| him, and the work VI bul.ding drama
round sbou, . fii..c AID uprlaroa'll
funny Elisoa was catered upln. I"o
month, wtrs .pehi % il.s ta'k. 81 iae
testimony OF the visitors 10 The hols'
during ,hi. psriol-;he Aa'osmPh haai-
er. who wanted The names % t~o de
,insui.hsd men writlea on Ca; sheet OF
paper. the book clavAsssr ani ihe light
n,n, rod mAn-i, TO the effect that the
outward .,Te;i u this unique literary
collaboration wa. amusing and Instructive
20 the las, degree. Mr. Howsli' sA' a.
the rosewood desk with biz gifted gold
rem poised IN the air. while the author Of
"lnnoeen,s Abroad" paced the iloo'' dc
,a,ing 10 bis companion and occasionally
arguing with him.
That. gooi thing" ays T~ain.
no, IL voa't DO either Tha' man u
supposed 70 b. dead. i'a', he, Can't ~
r,.auee, him 80. We'll, that JOKE
-ll have to 70 into one u my books
Draw your gold pen ,hrolgh j..
"How will this do'' asks Mr.. How
els. and the novelist. Who has been la
du.,riou,ly At work while the hamori''
has been locking on, Of the sintoW
read. = speech Coz Colonel sellers ten
minute. long. in which that individual
aaa!yre. With a good deal Of patience iar
underlying motive. u the pretty cham
bermaid which imPsl her 20 - dowH
stair, every morning precisely a. lO'js
"No, no, eSelaim' Twain I'VE don
van, philosophy OF ~hAievsf yoi cal
that in ,hi. play. We van, action. l.oo'
here ?" And the humori,, show tn nov
ellis, . pamphle, which he has bought At
secondhand book store IN New York,
entitled. "Ths Secret. Of DnmA,e Con
sruetica."
That settle. i, with Mr. Howells. an'
he moarnfally crosses out 20 lincs Of ia
periamed and ersam'IAid paper which a.
alsays use, Coz literary purposes. I'm
ally the new play va, done. !, VA, cop
ied out by typewriter, and tied viii
blu, ribbon. what nex!i Al esirrPri'ln
manager. Of course.
"So'uo! sali thi humori,t- "Tns his
thing We wat d. mrn ~ play TIE pari
Let Us 20 down 20 New YORK Ani pros
pecL"
The suggestion seemed 10 be gooi one
aud the dramatic authors came down 10 IN
meirupoll. by the next train. Af. Paine
Of the Madison Square Theatre had rra'
some of Mf. Howslls' plays, and thai maj
ag,r was taken into their cOuh ieucc. Al
Ter an hours talk or more, during vale
the names OF some scores OF comedian
were suggested. the party biz on TIE iie
OF securing A. Il. Baroink. Sir. BufoAnh
II was argued, was a humorous rcaier o
marked ability. lie has had long expeF
snce, aud had A. one time played RlpNa
wlnkle by permission OF SIR. Jefferson vii
noteworthy success. lie wasn't An actor
, explained Sir. Twain. and therefore
would be easy 10 get along with hiui' an
be would not get the disease popllafl
known A. the big.heai. Thereupon MI
WAS sent for. Sir. Buibank dlscoursed o.
, the greeting the play would receive simpl
, on the score OF the names OF Mark Iwal
aud H0wells standing on the three'shes
posters A. authors. And the humoris'
thinking again OF the large amount OF me
ney that had been made out OF the Glide
Age" ani how small portion OF II con
psratiyely he had received. determined Z
run the entire thlrg himself And be TO
Mr.. Burbank hs would back the scheme
sny reasonable amount. AZ the start u
agth0rs were % receive 30 pr cent OF n
pron. and Mr.. Bur0ink The Other hal
Everything ,rrang,d. both dramiileall
and nnaueially. Mr. Bifbiuk cane do"
here II the beginning OF the summer Jl'
past, and Was delighted . learn TIA
could secure ths LJcsum Theatre f.r
Ia -.